Quantifying the psychomotor activating effects of cocaine in the rat

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 297-302

  Flagel, Shelly B ^a   Robinson, Terry E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Locomotion; Multivariate analysis; Psychostimulants; Rat; Sensitization; Stereotyped head movements

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HEAD MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RAT; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; COCAINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 34250015267     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e3281f522a4     Document Type: Article

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